NASA · Schema

APOD Image

An Astronomy Picture of the Day entry from NASA's APOD service.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
date	string	The date of the APOD image (YYYY-MM-DD).
explanation	string	Explanation of the image written by a professional astronomer.
hdurl	string	URL of the high-resolution image.
media_type	string	The type of media returned.
service_version	string	The version of the APOD service.
title	string	Title of the APOD image.
url	string	URL of the image or video.
copyright	string	Copyright holder of the image, if not public domain.
thumbnail_url	string	URL of the video thumbnail when media_type is video.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://github.com/api-evangelist/nasa/blob/main/json-schema/apod-image.json",
  "title": "APOD Image",
  "description": "An Astronomy Picture of the Day entry from NASA's APOD service.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date",
      "description": "The date of the APOD image (YYYY-MM-DD)."
    },
    "explanation": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Explanation of the image written by a professional astronomer."
    },
    "hdurl": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "URL of the high-resolution image."
    },
    "media_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["image", "video"],
      "description": "The type of media returned."
    },
    "service_version": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The version of the APOD service."
    },
    "title": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Title of the APOD image."
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "URL of the image or video."
    },
    "copyright": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Copyright holder of the image, if not public domain."
    },
    "thumbnail_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "URL of the video thumbnail when media_type is video."
    }
  },
  "required": ["date", "explanation", "media_type", "title", "url"]
}